Use-after-free in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2020-13584

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Use-after-free in WebKitGTK+ and WPE WebKit - CVE-2020-13584

Published: November 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48617
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13584
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

WebKitGTK+
WPE WebKit
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Fedora
accountsservice (Red Hat package)
vala (Red Hat package)
gvfs (Red Hat package)
gjs (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk (Debian package)
webkit2gtk (Alpine package)
glib2 (Red Hat package)
nautilus (Red Hat package)
gnome-online-accounts (Red Hat package)
gnome-control-center (Red Hat package)
gnome-terminal (Red Hat package)
gdm (Red Hat package)
gnome-boxes (Red Hat package)
gnome-software (Red Hat package)
gnome-settings-daemon (Red Hat package)
gnome-shell-extensions (Red Hat package)
gnome-shell (Red Hat package)
mutter (Red Hat package)
chrome-gnome-shell (Red Hat package)
libepubgen (Red Hat package)
gamin (Red Hat package)
libvisual (Red Hat package)
dleyna-server (Red Hat package)
dleyna-core (Red Hat package)
woff2 (Red Hat package)
cairomm (Red Hat package)
gtk-doc (Red Hat package)
soundtouch (Red Hat package)
OpenEXR (Red Hat package)
enchant2 (Red Hat package)
geoclue2 (Red Hat package)
20 (Red Hat package)
atkmm (Red Hat package)
gtkmm24 (Red Hat package)
gtk2 (Red Hat package)
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-devel
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
pangomm (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)
glibmm24 (Red Hat package)
libsass (Red Hat package)
gtkmm30 (Red Hat package)
geocode-glib (Red Hat package)
gnome-photos (Red Hat package)
libdazzle (Red Hat package)
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
Web Terminal
OpenShift Virtualization

How to mitigate CVE-2020-13584

Install updates from vendor's website.

WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.30.3
WPE WebKit - update to 2.30.3
accountsservice (Red Hat package) - update to 0.6.55-1.el8
vala (Red Hat package) - update to 0.40.19-2.el8
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - update to 1.8.0.0
gvfs (Red Hat package) - update to 1.36.2-11.el8
gjs (Red Hat package) - update to 1.56.2-5.el8
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.30.4-1.el8
webkit2gtk (Debian package) - update to 2.30.3-1~deb10u1
webkit2gtk (Alpine package) - update to 2.32.0-r0
glib2 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.56.4-9.el8
nautilus (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.1-15.el8
gnome-online-accounts (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.2-2.el8
gnome-control-center (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.2-27.el8
gnome-terminal (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.3-3.el8
gdm (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.3-39.el8
gnome-boxes (Red Hat package) - update to 3.36.5-8.el8
gnome-software (Red Hat package) - update to 3.36.1-5.el8
gnome-settings-daemon (Red Hat package) - update to 3.32.0-14.el8
gnome-shell-extensions (Red Hat package) - update to 3.32.1-14.el8
gnome-shell (Red Hat package) - update to 3.32.2-30.el8
mutter (Red Hat package) - update to 3.32.2-57.el8
chrome-gnome-shell (Red Hat package) - update to 10.1-7.el8
libepubgen (Red Hat package) - update to 0.1.0-3.el8
gamin (Red Hat package) - update to 0.1.10-32.el8
libvisual (Red Hat package) - update to 0.4.0-25.el8
dleyna-server (Red Hat package) - update to 0.6.0-3.el8
dleyna-core (Red Hat package) - update to 0.6.0-3.el8
woff2 (Red Hat package) - update to 1.0.2-5.el8
Web Terminal - update to 1.3
cairomm (Red Hat package) - update to 1.12.0-8.el8
gtk-doc (Red Hat package) - update to 1.28-3.el8
soundtouch (Red Hat package) - update to 2.0.0-3.el8
OpenEXR (Red Hat package) - update to 2.2.0-12.el8
enchant2 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.2.3-3.el8
geoclue2 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.5.5-2.el8
OpenShift Virtualization - addressed in versions 2.6.6, 4.8.0
20 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.10.0-6.el8
atkmm (Red Hat package) - update to 2.24.2-7.el8
gtkmm24 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.24.5-6.el8
gtk2 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.24.32-5.el8
webkit2gtk3 - addressed in versions 2.30.3-1.fc32, 2.30.3-1.fc33
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - update to 2.32.1-2.63.3
pangomm (Red Hat package) - update to 2.40.1-6.el8
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9
glibmm24 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.56.0-2.el8
libsass (Red Hat package) - update to 3.4.5-6.el8
gtkmm30 (Red Hat package) - update to 3.22.2-3.el8
geocode-glib (Red Hat package) - update to 3.26.0-3.el8
gnome-photos (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.1-4.el8
libdazzle (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.5-2.el8

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